§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has referred the accountancy valuation status and practice of auction market preferred stock to the Accounting Standards Board.
§ Mr. RedwoodNo. The Accounting Standards Board raised the question of auction market preferred shares in its recent discussion paper on accounting for capital instruments.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has had about the status of auction market preferred stock.
§ Mr. RedwoodNone.